Bio: Olga Freedman Talkovsky was born in Moscow, former USSR, in the family of the architect. She was drawing and painting as long as she can remember herself. Olga graduated from Moscow Central School of Fine Arts and from Moscow Architectural Institute. She worked as an architect and was an exhibiting artist in Moscow, prior to moving to USA in 1992. She also was engaged in archeological excavations in Caucasus region. She was painting from life everywhere she went, especially enjoying the city escapes and mountain landscapes. In USA Olga first settled in New York City. She continued painting, and owned and operated several locations focuced on selling New York City themed art. Olga moved to San Diego with her family in 2009 and fell in love with California. Today, besides working on her own art, she leads an art club for refugee children with San Diego Refugee Tutoring, as well as teaches academic drawing to adult students. Olga's favorite medium is watercolor. Her favorite subject is painting landscape from life - au plein air. She also creates the art work with dry materials.
Statement: Majestic Sierras are inspirational for me. I am excited to share my watercolors painted from life in the mountains. I try to capture a little bit of the soul of the place that I paint, its air, its light, the sun, the breeze... I hope that the people seeing my work fall in love with the Sierras, like I am - or that it will bring their own Sierras memories to life. There is nothing like painting from life - as I was taught from my very early years during my classical academic arts education. Creating a realistic three dimensional image on two dimensional paper is the challenge that I am excited to face every time I am setting up my easel.
